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LibriVox recording of The Chinese Dragon by Luther Newton Hayes.
Read in English by David Wales
The subject of this little book [1923] is of general interest to people who are acquainted with things Chinese. The dragon has played a large part in Chinese thought through four thousand and more years…. The author is peculiarly fitted to undertake this piece of work. He was born in China and speaks the Chinese language as a native. Thus, he has had the first-hand knowledge and the language to help him in his study. He has been studying on the subject of the dragon for fourteen years. In this time, he has traveled over more than one half the number of provinces of China…. The author’s acquaintance with the people and the language of China have made it possible for him to go to original sources and to study the subject from every angle. (Introduction)
The son of American missionaries, Luther Newton Hayes was born in 1883, in Soochow, China. He received a B.S. from Wooster College in 1905 and an M.A. from Princeton University in 1907. For the next twenty-five years, Hayes worked in China, mostly with the YMCA. The book is replete with illustrations. This recording adds their descriptions at the end of each chapter. - Summary by Book Introduction and David Wales
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Read in English by David Wales
The subject of this little book [1923] is of general interest to people who are acquainted with things Chinese. The dragon has played a large part in Chinese thought through four thousand and more years…. The author is peculiarly fitted to undertake this piece of work. He was born in China and speaks the Chinese language as a native. Thus, he has had the first-hand knowledge and the language to help him in his study. He has been studying on the subject of the dragon for fourteen years. In this time, he has traveled over more than one half the number of provinces of China…. The author’s acquaintance with the people and the language of China have made it possible for him to go to original sources and to study the subject from every angle. (Introduction)
The son of American missionaries, Luther Newton Hayes was born in 1883, in Soochow, China. He received a B.S. from Wooster College in 1905 and an M.A. from Princeton University in 1907. For the next twenty-five years, Hayes worked in China, mostly with the YMCA. The book is replete with illustrations. This recording adds their descriptions at the end of each chapter. - Summary by Book Introduction and David Wales
For further information, including links to online text, reader information, RSS feeds, CD cover or other formats (if available), please go to the LibriVox catalog page for this recording.
For more free audio books or to become a volunteer reader, visit librivox.org.
M4B Audiobook (35MB)
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Subject: Interesting Subject Variously Explored
Subject: Interesting Subject Variously Explored
The word ‘dragon’ means something like ‘sharp-sighted,’ says the author. Over 80% of the Chinese in Hayes’ day believed that the dragon was not only a real animal, but a living animal, just as we believe there are walruses in the far north. The author does use geologic timetables; but he also gives recent dates, as in referencing the Flood as happening in the year 2297 B. C. This is close to when Bishop Ussher says it happened: 2348 B. C. Some superstitious mythology is then narrated.
The dragon that is illustrated on a medallion is by an eyewitness. And the description of a dragon as being a composite of many animals is indeed what dragons look like.
Chapter 5 is about eyewitnesses to dragons in the author’s day. But these persons also believe that dragons fall from the sky; this odd belief may be because waterspouts have caused dragons to be catapulted. The author is deceived on Old Testament dragons being ‘jackals.’
Chapters 7 and 8 are about weird beliefs that are held concerning dragons. From what is said in chapter 9 it seems that the belief in dragons falling from heaven may be on account of waterspouts looking like their long tails. This chapter is mainly about things called after the dragon or how the word is adapted to many uses.
When this was written, China had been a republic for ten years due to a revolution there. The book is illustrated; the illustrations are described in the audio book. ‘The Chinese Dragon’ is read by David Wales; I always like to find that he is the reader of the book that I’m about to listen to.
The dragon that is illustrated on a medallion is by an eyewitness. And the description of a dragon as being a composite of many animals is indeed what dragons look like.
Chapter 5 is about eyewitnesses to dragons in the author’s day. But these persons also believe that dragons fall from the sky; this odd belief may be because waterspouts have caused dragons to be catapulted. The author is deceived on Old Testament dragons being ‘jackals.’
Chapters 7 and 8 are about weird beliefs that are held concerning dragons. From what is said in chapter 9 it seems that the belief in dragons falling from heaven may be on account of waterspouts looking like their long tails. This chapter is mainly about things called after the dragon or how the word is adapted to many uses.
When this was written, China had been a republic for ten years due to a revolution there. The book is illustrated; the illustrations are described in the audio book. ‘The Chinese Dragon’ is read by David Wales; I always like to find that he is the reader of the book that I’m about to listen to.
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